about zanaco

Management Team

We believe the drivers of any organization greatly influence the out-put of an organization. At Zanaco we pride ourselves in having a leadership Team of credible individuals who inspire, mentor, coach and strive to bring the best in the people they supervise. We believe that it is the responsibility of management to create an enabling environment for the rest of the team to maximize their full potential. We believe the human resource is our greatest resource as an organization. It is because of this that we ensure matters to do with staff are handled by people of great caliber.

Mark H. Wiessing, Managing Director
Nationality: Dutch

Mr. Wiessing, aged 50, was appointed Managing Director in April 2007. Mr. Wiessing has 24 years management experience in commercial banking, of which over 10 years has been at executive management level principally in emerging markets (in Latin America, Eastern Europe, Asia and Africa) with specific experience in corporate and wholesale banking, corporate finance, and general banking operations management. He is responsible for managing the strategic direction, the restructuring and positioning, and the day to day operations management of the company. Mr. Wiessing is an Executive Member of the Board of Directors of the company. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration (BBA) and a Master’s degree in Business Administration (MBA).

Edward Mutale, Finance Director
Nationality: Zambian

Mr. Mutale aged 47, was appointed Finance Director in October 2005. Mr. Mutale has 18 years auditing, accounting, and financial management experience at Zanaco and previously worked for ZSIC and Coopers and Lybrand. Mr. Mutale is responsible for management accounting and financial reporting, budgetary process and budgeting, financial management, prudential management and reporting, cost management, management information systems and projects around management information systems re-alignment. He holds a Bachelor of Accountancy degree and is a Fellow of both the Chartered Accountants UK and Zambia Institute of Certified Accountants.

Arjan Molenkamp, Director Retail/Change and Integration
Nationality: Dutch

Mr. Molenkamp, aged 40 was appointed Director Retail/Change and Integration in April 2007. Mr Molenkamp has 14 years management experience in Corporate and Retail banking. He is responsible for managing the branch network and agencies, ATMs country-wide, retail, sales and product support, E-Business, public relations and marketing, projects around re-branding, distribution model and process re-engineering. Mr. Molenkamp holds a Bachelor of Arts in Economics and an International Executive MBA.

Pieter van Barneveld, Director Risk Management
Nationality: Dutch

Mr. van Barneveld, aged 54, was appointed Director Risk Management in April 2007. Mr. van Barneveld has 26 years experience in banking with specific experience in risk management, restructuring of banking processes, project management and financial control and planning. He is responsible for credit risk management, legal, special assets management and projects related to credit re-alignment. Mr. van Barneveld holds a Masters degree in Economics.

Sonny Katowa, Director Corporate Support
Nationality: Zambian

Mr. Katowa, aged 42, was appointed Director Corporate Support in October 2006. Mr. Katowa has 18 years experience in IT and communication, general administration, transaction processing and operations management. He is responsible for general administration involving real estate, procurement, outsourcing, security and fleet management, information technology and ICT infrastructure management, transaction processing and operations management and projects related to premises and real estate. In addition, he has vast knowledge and experience in project management, systems analysis and design. Mr. Katowa holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Maths and Computer Science.

Director Corporate Banking
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Ngenda Nyambe Director Treasury
Nationality: Zambian

David B. Kaunda, Director Human Resources
Nationality: Zambian

Mr. Kaunda, aged 44, was appointed Director Human Resources and Training in January, 2008. Mr. Kaunda has 20 years experience in human resources management, performance management, talent management, training and recruitment, job evaluation and human capital planning. Prior to joining Zanaco, Mr. Kaunda worked with ZCCM, Zambia Sugar Plc, Coca Cola Bottlers, and Standard Chartered Bank for which he worked in several countries. He is responsible for all human resources activities and projects in the Company with the key deliverable of spearheading the focus of human capital as a strategic business advantage. Mr. Kaunda is a change management specialist and holds a Bachelor of Arts degree and a number of other professional and business qualifications.

Inonge G. Muyunda (Mrs),  Head of Internal Audit, Compliance and Control
Nationality: Zambian

Mrs Muyunda aged 53, was appointed Head of Internal Audit, Compliance, and Control on 1st February 2001. Mrs. Muyunda has over 30 years experience in banking, with specific experience in branch banking, operations, inspections management, internal audits, compliance and adherence reviews, credit review, internal investigations and frauds management, coordination with law enforcement agents and projects around internal audit re-alignment. Mrs. Muyunda holds a Bachelors of Arts degree in Public Administration.

Suzyo Ngandu (Ms)

Bank Secretary
Nationality: Zambian